The incident happened as Spain celebrated their World cup win over England in 2023 Former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of kissing player Jenni Hermoso without consent after the Women’s World Cup final in 2023. Spain’s High Court has also ordered Rubiales to pay a fine worth more than €10,000 (£8,274) […]
11 months ago
There’s getting carried away, then there is this. Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish football federation, has come in for criticism for two overly intrusive and personal gestures towards Spain striker Jenni Hermoso. Hermoso and her Spanish teammates woke up as world champions, on Monday, after defeating England 1-0 in the World Cup final. Hermoso […]
2 years ago
Her family chose not to tell her until after the game so that she could focus on the final Spain captain Olga Carmona, who scored the winning goal in the Women’s World Cup final, was told after the game that her father had died. The 23-year-old scored the only goal of the match as Spain […]
2 years ago
The boys teed him up lovely for this one. Jamie Redknapp and Andros Townsend had said their piece. The two boys had already got one over on Roy Keane when, as ex-Spurs players, they watched their former team walk all over Manchester United at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Then they came back for more. As […]
2 years ago
In his interview with Katie McCabe after Ireland’s 1-0 loss to Australia in the women’s World Cup, Tony O’Donoghue made the point to her that she could have had a penalty if she made more out of an Australian tackle. McCabe wasn’t having it. She shook her head immediately before telling Tony, in no uncertain […]
2 years ago
England avoided a scare to reach the quarter finals England avoided a huge scare as they beat Nigeria on penalties to advance through to the quarter finals of the women’s World Cup. Chloe Kelly was the bright light, in more ways than one. It was the Lionesses most underwhelming performance of the tournament so far […]
2 years ago